内容简介
ThepurposeoftheHandbookofDiscreteandCombinatorialMathematicsistoprovideacomprehensivereferencevolumeforcomputerscientists,engineers,mathematicians,aswellasstudents,physicalandsocialscientists,andreferencelibrarians,whoneedinformationaboutdiscreteandcombinatorialmathematics:Thisfirsteditionofthisbookwasthefirstresourcethatpresentedsuchinformationinaready-referenceformdesignedforallthosewhouseaspectsofthissubjectintheirworkorstudies.Thissecondeditionisamajorrevisionofthefirstedition.Itincludesextensiveadditionsandupdates,summarizedlaterinthispreface.Thescopeofthishandbookincludesthemanyareasgenerallyconsideredtobepartsofdiscretemathe-matics,focusingontheinformationconsideredessentialtoitsapplicationincomputerscience,engineering,andotherdisciplines.